Children\'s Occupational Therapist Band 6 in Horsham

Overview

A rare opportunity has arisen for a committed and passionate clinician to join a highly experienced and specialist Children\'s Occupational Therapy Team based in Crawley Child Development Centre, in Crawley Hospital, and covering the Crawley/Horsham area of West Sussex. This is a community post with a caseload of children and young people with neurological, developmental, and neuro-developmental conditions. The post holder will be responsible for applying their expertise in assessing children, delivering treatment interventions, and providing strategies that can be administered by parents, education staff and Assistant Therapy Practitioners.

You will work closely with the child, family and other professionals involved in their care, across various settings, e.g. clinic, clientb s homes, schools and nurseries. We are committed to multidisciplinary working and contribute to specialist clinics. The team is committed to Sussex Community Trustb s values of \"Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence and Compassionate Care\" and aspires to deliver a service of compassionate patient-centred care, promoting independence and empowering families.

We offer excellent in-service training, supervision and clinical support from the Countywide Paediatric Professional Lead. The ability to travel is essential as you will need to visit nurseries, schools and children\'s homes.

Responsibilities

1. To manage a caseload of patients with a variety of conditions.
2. To formulate and deliver generic and specialised treatment programmes based on a sound knowledge of evidence-based practice and treatment options using clinical assessment and reasoning skills.
3. To treat all patients with respect and courtesy, maintaining dignity and respecting individual needs and differences, both physical and cultural.
4. To be involved in the support and supervision of staff at Band 3 to 5 level.
5. To act as a clinical educator for undergraduate students within own professional area.
6. To receive and deliver internal training and keep your own Personal Development plans up to date.
7. To take on an audit and evaluation role of the service in which you work.
8. To assist the team with service development initiatives.

The post will ideally suit an experienced band 5 or a band 6 wishing to expand their skills in Children\'s services.

Requirements

1. Candidates must be able to demonstrate clinical skills gained through previous OT experience.
2. The successful candidate will also have the ability to work independently in the community, have excellent organisation/time management skills and be committed to clinical governance.
3. Candidates are required to have current HPC registration.

About the Trust

We are the main provider of NHS community services across East and West Sussex, with 6,000 staff serving 1.3 million people. We deliver essential care to adults and children, helping them manage their health, avoid hospital admissions, and reduce hospital stays.

Our Trust vision is to provide excellent care at the heart of the community. We offer opportunities across medical, clinical, support, and corporate services.

Why work for us?

• Positive 2023 NHS Staff Survey results, highlighting compassionate leadership and wellbeing.
• Varied environments: community hospitals, patients\' homes, and bases across Sussex.
• Flexible working options: part-time, flexi-time, annualised hours, and flexi-retirement.
• Excellent training, development, and research opportunities.
• Cost-effective workplace nurseries in Crawley, Hove, and Brighton.
• Active EMBRACE, Disability & Wellbeing, LGBTQIA+, and Religion & Belief networks.
• Level 3 Disability Confident Leader and Veteran Aware Trust.
• Beautiful Sussex location near the South Downs and coast.

Our values—Compassionate Care, Working Together, Achieving Ambitions, Delivering Excellence—guide everything we do.